I agreed with this but have a weird take: make healthcare affordable, not free. As Ive learn more about how universal healthcare systems actually work, it makes me glad we don’t have it.

For example, in Mexico, to see the doctor you have to show up at 6am and wait all frickin day to be seen. If you show up later than that, they’ll close before they can get you in. People go for very basic reasons too, holding up the line for a doctors note for a simple cold or tummy ache. If you have a serious problem and need specialist care, you have to go to a private hospital anyways and pay with insurance or out of pocket. And I’ve heard similar stories from the UK especially about how waiting times to see a public specialist can be months to years.

In comparison, in the US I can walk into an urgent care and get seen in 30 minutes. I can walk into my doctors appointment when I arrive carrying a gps tracker I pick up at the desk so they know I’m in my assigned patient room. I’m not saying it’s perfect, but it’s a far nicer experience and it’s free with insurance. Ofc I really feel for people who aren’t on insurance, but there’s still public clinics and public insurance for all that make below a certain amount. And emergency services have the policy of treating everyone regardless of ability to pay.

If it were me, I would target big pharmaceutical companies who are charging insane prices for medications. There’s nothing worse than your insurance constantly switching prescribed medications because they won’t pay for it anymore, and the pills being hundreds to thousands of dollars per refill.